First District Agrees To Review Apportionment Ruling

The First District Court of Appeals Thursday agreed to review a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision that reinterpreted apportionment in cases where there are multiple injuries that become permanent and stationary simultaneously.The First District court order agrees to review the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision to deny a petition for reconsideration in Benson v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, No. A120462.  In Benson, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled in a 4-1 decision that the Senate Bill 899 reform measure required it to dete...